new Broadband Global Area Network - Atlas 5 launched

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An Atlas 5 rocket roared from its seaside pad Friday afternoon, carrying into space a satellite designed to provide broadband access to mobile users.

The Inmarsat 4 is the first of a new breed of spacecraft designed to provide broadband internet and intranet content, video-on-demand, video conferencing, fax, e-mail, phone and local area network access to mobile users almost anywhere in the world.

Rick Medlock, Inmarsat chief financial officer, said that when fully deployed, the three-satellite constellation that will make up the new Broadband Global Area Network will bring wireless broadband connections to ships, planes and remote areas that don't have reliable access to ground-based high-speed networks.

"It provides much faster connectivity - it brings broadband anywhere," Medlock said. "Whether you're doing oil exploration in Alaska or aid agency work in the middle of Africa or in ships in their fleets around the world, it brings true broadband, which they've never had before."

The company's satellites already provide coverage to mobile users who can connect via laptop-sized receivers, but the new system will be much faster.


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